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	Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders - Victor Appleton Librivox recording of Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders, by Victor Appleton. Read by Kevin McAsh Tom Swift is the young protagonist in a series of juvenile adventure novels which began in the early twentieth century and continue to the present. Tom Swift is a genius inventor whose breakthroughs in technology (especially transport technology) drive the plots of the novels, placing them in a genre sometimes called “invention fiction” or “Edisonade”... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; adventure; Tom Swift; Maya; Honduras; Central America Downloads: 34,578 Average rating: (1 review)
	Tom Swift and his Electric Runabout - Victor Appleton LibriVox recording of Tom Swift and his Electric Runabout, by Victor Appleton. Read by Tom Weiss. Tom Swift enters an upcoming race with his specially-designed prototype electric race car. But as he makes the final preparations and adjustments, days before the race, he discovers a plot that would bankrupt not only his family, but also everyone else that relies on the local bank (which is the target of a nefarious bank-run scheme)... Keywords: Adventure; literature; fiction; Librivox; audiobook Downloads: 10,921 Average rating: (1 review)
	Tom Swift and his air glider: or, Seeking the platinum treasure - Victor Appleton Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Downloads: 38
	Thom Swift and His Sky Racer - Victor Appleton Book digitized by Google and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Downloads: 100
	Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive - Victor Appleton Downloads: 154
	Tom Swift and his air scout: or, Uncle Sam's mastery of the sky - Victor Appleton Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Downloads: 40
	Tom Swift and His War Tank - Victor Appleton LibriVox recording of Tom Swift and His War Tank, by Victor Appleton. Read by Mark F. Smith Tom Swift, that prolific youthful inventor, is engaged in trying to help the Allies win WWI. After reading newspaper accounts of the British tanks, Tom takes a sheet of paper and sets out to design a better one from scratch. And fortunately, he can throw the whole family business behind his venture. He has two problems: First, his friends and acquaintances are questioning his patriotism because he hasn't ... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; children; fiction; WWI; appleton Downloads: 12,140 Average rating: (1 review)
	Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung - Victor Appleton LibriVox recording of Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung, by Victor Appleton. Read by Mark F. Smith. The US Government is very smartly letting Tom Swift Jr. handle the recovery of its probe to Jupiter. But a mystery missile suddenly intercepts the probe and splashes it in the South Atlantic.Faced with a huge search task to find the probe on the ocean bottom, Tom soon realizes that the same shadowy group that attacked the probe is competing to find it, and no holds are barred: kidnap, coercio... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; tom swift; appeton; adventure; science fiction Downloads: 8,181 Average rating: (1 review)
	Tom Swift and his Airship - Victor Appleton LibriVox recording of Tom Swift and his Airship, by Victor Appleton. In Tom Swift and His Airship, Tom Swift has finished his latest invention- the Red Cloud, a fast and innovative airship. Tom is anxious for a cross-country trial, but just before he and his friends take off, the Shopton bank is robbed. No sooner is Tom in the air than he is blamed for the robbery. Suddenly, he's a wanted fugitive but doesn't know why until he's half-way across the country... Keywords: librivox; literature; audiobook; adventure; science fiction Downloads: 3,424
	Tom Swift and His Big Tunnel - Victor Appleton LibriVox recording of Tom Swift and His Big Tunnel, by Victor Appleton. Read by Tom Weiss. The Titus Brothers Contractors company have won a government contract in Peru to blast a tunnel through a mountain and connect two isolated railroad lines. The deadline is approaching, and the contractors have hit a literal wall: excessively hard rock which defies conventional blasting techniques. The company is under pressure to finish, or else the contract will default to their rivals, Blakeson & Grinder... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; appleton; tom swift; adventure Downloads: 5,923 Average rating: (1 review)
	Tom Swift in Captivity - Victor Appleton LibriVox recording of Tom Swift in Captivity, by Victor Appleton. Read by Tom Weiss. Tom Swift is approached by Mr. Preston, the owner of a circus, and begins to tell the story of Jake Poddington, Mr. Preston's most skilled hunter. As it turns out, Jake went missing just after sending word to Preston that Jake was on the trail of a tribe of giants, somewhere in South Africa. That was the last Preston has heard of Jake Poddington... Keywords: LibriVox; audiobook; children; boy Downloads: 4,130 Average rating: (1 review)
	Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship, or, the Naval Terror of the Seas - Victor Appleton Tom Swift is an inventor, and these are his adventures. The locale is the little town of Shopton in upstate New York, near Lake Carlopa. While some of Tom's inventions are not well-founded in a scientific sense, others elaborated developments in the news and in popular magazines aimed at young science and invention enthusiasts. Presenting themselves as a forecast of future possibilities, they now and then hit close to the mark... Keywords: childrens; fiction; adventure; appleton; librivox Downloads: 43,138 Average rating: (1 review)
	Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone - Victor Appleton Downloads: 181
	Tom Swift and His Sky Racer - Victor Appleton LibriVox recording of Tom Swift and His Sky Racer, by Victor Appleton. A $10,000 prize lures Tom into competing at a local aviation meet at Eagle Park. Tom is determined to build the fastest plane around, but his plans mysteriously disappear, which means Tom must redesign his new airplane from the beginning. (Summary by Wikipedia) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog pag... Keywords: librivox; literature; audiobook; adventure; children; science; science fiction Downloads: 1,574
	Tom Swift and His War Tank: Or, Doing His Bit for Uncle Sam - Victor Appleton Book digitized by Google from the library of the New York Public Library and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Downloads: 92
	Tom Swift and His Wireless Message - Victor Appleton LibriVox recording of Tom Swift and His Wireless Message by Victor Appleton. Tom Swift & friends decide to trial an experimental airship near the New Jersey coast, and are unexpectedly swept out to sea by hurricane winds. Unable to steer or navigate without tearing the airship apart, the hapless crew must simply let the storm take them wherever it will. Unfortunately, the storm proves too much for the craft and Tom makes a crash landing on the uninhabited and crumbling Earthquake Island... Keywords: adventure, children, science-fiction; Librivox; audiobook
	Tom Swift and the Visitor From Planet X; Speex encoded - Victor Appleton, II Tom Swift Jr. and his associates at Swift Enterprises wait breathlessly for what may well be the most important scientific event in history—the arrival of the visitor from Planet X—a visitor in the form of energy. But there are factions at work determined to snatch the energy, which Tom has named Exman, from the young scientist-inventor’s grasp. First, a series of unexplainable, devastating earthquakes threaten to destroy a good portion of the earth, and Tom suspects the Brungarian rebels ... Downloads: 55
	Tom Swift and the Visitor From Planet X - Victor Appleton, II LibriVox recording of Tom Swift and the Visitor from Planet X, by Victor Appleton, II. Read by Mark Nelson. Tom Swift Jr. and his associates at Swift Enterprises wait breathlessly for what may well be the most important scientific event in history—the arrival of the visitor from Planet X—a visitor in the form of energy. But there are factions at work determined to snatch the energy, which Tom has named Exman, from the young scientist-inventor's grasp... Keywords: LibriVox; literature; audiobook; appleton; sci-fi; teens; adventure Downloads: 59,111 Average rating: (6 reviews)